Section 1005 | Meaning of “recognised stock exchange”etc ^F1

(1)In the Income Tax Acts “recognised stock exchange” means—^F1

(a)any market of a recognised investment exchange which is for the time being designated as a recognised stock exchange for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, and^F1

(b)any market outside the United Kingdom which is for the time being so designated.^F1

(2)An order under subsection (1) may—^F1

(a)designate a market by name or by reference to any class or description of market (including, in the case of a market outside the United Kingdom, one framed by reference to any authority or approval given in a country outside the United Kingdom),^F1

(b)contain incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision and savings, and^F1

(c)vary or revoke a previous order under that subsection.^F1

(2A)An order under subsection (1) may designate a stock exchange for the purposes of this section in its application to section 564G of this Act, section 151N of TCGA 1992 and section 507 of CTA 2009 only.^F1F2

(3)References in the Income Tax Acts to securities which are listed on a recognised stock exchange are to securities—^F1

(a)which are admitted to trading on that exchange, and^F1

(b)which are included in the official UK list or are officially listed in a qualifying country outside the United Kingdom in accordance with provisions corresponding to those generally applicable in EEA states.^F1

(4)For this purpose “qualifying country outside the United Kingdom” means any country outside the United Kingdom in which there is a recognised stock exchange.^F1

(5)References in the Income Tax Acts to securities which are included in the official UK list are to securities which are included in the official list (within the meaning of Part 6 of FISMA 2000) in accordance with the provisions of that Part.^F1

(6)In this section—^F1

“recognised investment exchange” has the same meaning as in FISMA 2000 (see section 285), and

“securities” includes shares and stock.